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[Ann] New maintenance build available for oXygen 27.0 (2024121306)
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Adrian Buza) 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

Dear oXygen users, We announce the release of a new maintenance build (2024121306) for oXygen 27.0 (XML Editor, XML Developer, XML Author, JSON Editor, PDF Chemistry, WebHelp, Publishing Engine). The build number can be verified in the Help -> About dialog box from the application (next to the version number). You can download the new installation kits from our web site: http://www.oxygenxml.com/download.html Here you can find the complete list of bug-fixes: http://www.oxygenxml.com/build_history.html#2024121306 I would like to point out this important update for our Windows users: > *Windows/OpenJDK JRE:* Downgraded the bundled OpenJDK/Temurin JRE to > version 17.0.11 due to stability issues with version 17.0.13. You can follow our oXygen release/build RSS feed here: http://www.oxygenxml.com/rssBuildID.xml Please let us know if you encounter any problems with this new build. Regards, Adrian -- Adrian Buza oXygen XML Editor and Author Support

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[ANN] Oxygen Feedback 5.1 is now available in both Cloud and Enterprise editions!
by Alin Belu 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

Hello, We are proud to announce the release of *Oxygen Feedback 5.1* for both *Cloud* and *Enterprise* editions! Version 5.1 continues to bolster the all-in-one solution designed to enhance community engagement and feedback collection while empowering documentation with an integrated, robust search engine and AI assistant for seamless usability. The focus of this release was to implement a variety of *additions and enhancements to the AI features*. The AI Assistant chatbot now appears in a non-modal window, enhancing the browsing and interaction experience. Users are now able to rate the usefulness of AI Assistant replies, while admins and moderators can view the ratings to gauge the effectiveness of the AI Assistant. Admins and moderators can also view the entire conversation threads that users have sent to the AI Assistant on each particular site to gain valuable insights into how users engage with the AI. They also have access to advanced filtering options to help them quickly locate certain types of threads. The organization and site dashboard pages now contain additional components with information about AI Assistant usage along with convenient links that navigate to pages with more details. The usage statistics pages now also contain more information and metrics about AI usage. The new AI Assistant Search Summaries metric enhances user understanding by providing detailed insights into search summaries, including successful results and chat continuation. The updated AI Assistant Threads tables empower users to analyze thread metrics based on reply usefulness, improving user engagement and response effectiveness. This release also includes various security enhancements, important component updates, and bug fixes. For more information about the Oxygen Feedback Cloud edition, see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_feedback_cloud/whats_new.html For more information about the Oxygen Feedback Enterprise edition, see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_feedback_enterprise/whats_new.html Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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[ANN] Webinar: What is New in Oxygen 27 - Overview and Panel Discussion (18 December, 2024)
by Alin Belu 10 Dec '24

10 Dec '24

Hello, These past weeks saw the release of *version 27* for the industry-leading XML suite of products: Oxygen XML Editor, Author, Developer, Web Author, Publishing Engine, WebHelp, PDF Chemistry, Scripting, and JSON Editor. To see how this release builds upon the always expanding suite of our products, join us on the *18th of December*, for an overview and live panel discussion that will allow you to engage with the creative people behind Oxygen! Find out first-hand how you can benefit from: * The significant advancements in AI capabilities, particularly through the enhanced Oxygen AI Positron Assistant plugin, which now integrates Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for more relevant and context-aware responses. * The newly Intelligent Agents category of AI-powered actions that streamline DITA XML topic management, as well as a wide range of other AI-driven actions to help authors automate tedious authoring tasks such as generating image descriptions, resolving comments, and refining XML structures. * Brand new AI-powered development actions that can assist you with tasks such as code explanation, code generation, documentation, and refactoring. * Upgraded JSON editing tools that grant developers the ability to transform JSON content using XQuery processing, advanced customization options, and streamlined code templates. * Improved review and editing capabilities, support for Markdown and other non-XML files in the file comparison and merge tool, and experimental support for editing DITA maps in a specialized tree editor for the benefit of Oxygen XML Web Author users. The panel will bring together Alex Jitianu, Octavian Nadolu, and Bogdan Dumitru. This is a free event, but registration is required. You can register at https://oxygenxml.com/evs2024-6.html To stay in touch with us and discover what other events we have planned for you, please make sure to check https://www.oxygenxml.com/events_programme.html Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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[ANN] Discover the Latest Enhancements in Oxygen Git Client Add-on 5.4.0!
by Alin Belu 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

Hello, We’re proud to introduce *version 5.4.0* of the *Oxygen Git Client* add-on, your trusted tool for seamless version control and collaboration. This update brings a host of improvements designed to make your Git workflows even smoother and more efficient. Here are the key highlights of this release: * *AI-Generated Commit Messages*: A new button above the commit message area lets you generate commit messages using the Oxygen AI Positron Assistant. * *GPG Key Signing*: You can now sign commits with GPG keys for added security. * *Enhanced Branch Creation Workflow*: If unpulled changes are detected when creating a new branch, a confirmation dialog box is displayed where you can choose whether or not to pull the changes before processing the branch creation. * *Improved Merge Handling*: Receive warnings when merging branches with unpulled changes, allowing you to update the branch before retrying the merge. * *Detection of Orphaned Remote Branches*: Local branches linked to deleted remote branches are now flagged and reported. * *Custom Remote Pulls*: Pull changes from any remote branch, not just the tracked one. * *Progress Feedback*: When performing tasks such as switching or merging branches, restarting a merge, and many others, the progress of the operation is now shown when it takes more than two seconds to complete. * *Detailed Comparison Tools*: When comparing revisions or resolving conflicts, the comparison tool now offers more detailed information about the commits involved. * *Updated to Latest JGit Component*: The JGit component was updated to version 7.0.0. * *Minimum Oxygen Version Update*: The add-on now requires Oxygen version 26.1 or newer. * *Bug Fixes*: Various issues have been resolved to ensure a smoother user experience. For more information on the Oxygen Git Client add-on (including the installation steps), you can check the page below: https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-addons/topics/git-addon.html We hope that you will enjoy using the most recent release of the add-on as much as we enjoyed developing it. As always, your feedback is welcome! Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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Re: [oXygen-user] [OXYGEN-14733] Uncommenting an ENTITY results in a double-comment
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Octavian Nadolu) 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

Hi Roger, Thank you for your feedback. Yes, it seems the Toggle Comment action does not work properly in this case. I've added an issue to correct this problem. Best Regards, Octavian On 4/24/2024 7:15 PM, Roger L Costello wrote: > Hello Oxygen folks, > > I have an ENTITY declaration commented out: > >  > > I wanted to uncomment it, so I selected it and then right-mouse-clicked on Toggle Comment. Here's what Oxygen produced: > >  > > Eek! Not what I wanted (or expected). Seems like a bug to me. Yes? > > /Roger > _______________________________________________ > oXygen-user mailing list > oXygen-user(a)oxygenxml.com > https://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user > -- Octavian Nadolu <oXygen/> XML Editor http://www.oxygenxml.com

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[ANN] Version 27 of the Oxygen XML Suite of Products is Now Available!
by Alin Belu 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

Hello everyone, We are proud to announce the immediate availability of *version 27* of its industry-leading XML suite of products: *Oxygen XML Editor*, *Author*, *Developer*, *Web Author*, *Publishing Engine*, *WebHelp*, *PDF Chemistry*, *Scripting*, and *JSON Editor*. The newest release for Oxygen XML Editor highlights significant advancements in AI capabilities, particularly through the enhanced Oxygen AI Positron Assistant plugin, which now integrates Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for more relevant and context-aware responses. New Intelligent Agents streamline DITA XML topic management, while a wide range of other AI-driven actions help authors automate tedious authoring tasks such as generating image descriptions, resolving comments, and refining XML structures. Additionally, AI-powered development actions have been introduced for tasks such as code explanation, code generation, documentation, and refactoring. The upgraded JSON editing tools grant developers the ability to transform JSON content using XQuery processing, advanced customization options, and streamlined code templates. The update also includes expanded support for XQuery 4.0 and XSLT 4.0 with the upgraded Saxon 12.5 processor. Furthermore, enhancements were implemented for YAML, HTML, Markdown, and some of our popular add-ons, along with essential security updates. For Oxygen XML Web Author version 27, in addition to the new features for the Oxygen AI Positron Assistant plugin, users can enjoy improved review and editing capabilities, support for Markdown and other non-XML files in the file comparison and merge tool, and experimental support for editing DITA maps in a specialized tree editor. This release also includes important component updates, bug fixes, and security enhancements for the innovative web-based XML authoring tool. Oxygen Publishing Engine version 27 comes with additional customization options for producing WebHelp and PDF output. ====================================================================== *What's New in Oxygen XML Editor 27* *Oxygen XML Editor version 27* is the latest major release of the ultimate toolkit for content authors, developers, collaborators, and publishers. This release is packed with innovative new features and improvements for the *Oxygen AI Positron Assistant*, the powerful add-on designed to enhance productivity and assist writers by providing support for using AI-generated content within the various Oxygen tools. The Oxygen AI Positron Assistant now leverages the*Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)* process to obtain relevant context from the users' project or from website content that integrates the Oxygen Feedback search functionality. The /AI Positron Fix/ action now also utilizes the RAG process to enhance the AI's response and /Function Calls/ can be referenced in custom actions to give the AI more context information that leads to more accurate responses. *Intelligent Agents* is a new category of actions for the Oxygen AI Positron Assistant, designed to streamline DITA XML topic management. These intelligent agents go beyond simple content manipulation, offering advanced capabilities to save files, add references, and access a wide range of functions for contextual understanding and project structure modification. A variety of other common AI actions for DITA authoring were implemented, such as actions to proofread content, resolve comments, improve the XML structure, reuse components, generate documentation drafts, and more. An AI category was also added to the /XML Refactoring/ wizard to perform repetitive tasks for DITA content such as generating alternate text for images, adding missing short descriptions, and shortening existing short descriptions. Interface improvements related to the Oxygen AI Positron Assistant include a new /AI Positron Assistant drop-down widget/ that offers a very quick and convenient way of accessing useful AI actions. It also contains a helpful /Rewrite Content/ action that opens a floating input box where users can provide the AI with instructions on how to rewrite selected content. Custom user-defined AI actions can be configured to appear as /Quick Assist/ fixes in the editor. Support was also added for Vision models, allowing the AI to read and interpret images. Users have new AI models to choose from, including GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4o, and GPT-4 Turbo, and the *Oxygen AI Positron Enterprise Edition* provides the ability to use a specific AI engine (OpenAI, Microsoft Azure OpenAI, or Anthropic Claude). Other miscellaneous improvements and security enhancements were implemented for the AI functionality as well. Several built-in AI development actions have been introduced, including /Explain Code/, /Chat About Code/, /Document Code/, /Generate Code/, and /Suggest Refactoring/, which can be used to enhance coding efficiency and documentation. Additionally, users can define custom AI actions for various document types such as XSLT, Schematron, XSD, CSS, XQuery, JSON, and JSON Schema. *JSON users* can now transform their content using XQuery processing and the XQuery Builder view can be used to compose complex XQuery expressions to be executed over JSON documents. Some indentation improvements were implemented, such as the ability to indent a particular selection of content rather than the whole document, content inserted by the Content Completion Assistant is automatically indented, as is pasted JSON content. Some customization options were also added and code templates were improved to streamline the JSON editing process. For *XSLT and XQuery developers*, the built-in Saxon processor used for transformations and debugging was updated to version 12.5, including support to handle Saxon's latest extension functions. Support was also added for XQuery 4.0, which means users can run transformation scenarios for version 4.0 documents from the editor or the /XQuery Builder/ view, and can edit them with complete support for content completion, syntax highlights, and more. Additionally, the new *Apply All Default Quick Fix Proposals* tool makes it possible to apply all proposed fixes on multiple resources at once. New features and enhancements have been added for working with YAML, HTML, and Markdown documents, as well as for handling file comparisons. Various other miscellaneous productivity improvements are also included. Some of the popular add-ons were updated such as the /Git Client/ and /Terminology Checker/. As always, this release also provides various important component updates, API additions, bug fixes, and security enhancements. Moreover, Syncro Soft has earned the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, demonstrating a strong commitment to implementing top-tier information security practices and ensuring that the users' data is protected to the highest standards. For more information, see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whats_new.html ====================================================================== *What's New in Oxygen JSON Editor 27* *Oxygen JSON Editor version 27* includes all the JSON-related features from Oxygen XML Editor and this new version improves the AI functionality, introduces XQuery processing over JSON files, support for applying all default Quick Fix proposals, and more. For more information, see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/json_editor/whats_new.html ====================================================================== *What's New in Oxygen XML Scripting 27* *Oxygen XML Scripting version 27* offers various updates to the Compare Directories script. For more information, see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_scripting/whats_new.html ====================================================================== *What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 27* *Oxygen XML Web Author version 27* is the latest major release of the innovative web-based XML authoring tool. This release is packed with innovative new AI features and improvements that have been implemented in recent updates to the *Oxygen AI Positron Assistant Enterprise for Web Author* plugin, the powerful productivity-enhancing tool that provides users with the ability to use a specific AI engine (OpenAI, Microsoft Azure OpenAI, or Anthropic Claude) and help them leverage AI-generated content. Users can also look forward to new features for the file comparison and merge tool, support to make DITA maps editable in a specialized tree editor, some general editing improvements, and various security enhancements. The AI Positron Assistant now uses a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) process to generate more meaningful responses by obtaining relevant context from the current document or a documentation site that utilizes Oxygen Feedback's search functionality. A variety of new actions designed to streamline DITA authoring were implemented for the AI Positron Assistant. These DITA-related actions help to improve the structure of documents, proofread content, resolve comments located within topics, generate alternate text for images, expand a draft of a DITA topic, or to split large DITA topics into smaller modules. Other miscellaneous additions for the AI Positron Assistant include the ability for the users to filter the list of AI actions to exclude those that are not considered useful. Favorite prompts now can also be stored for easy future use. A user-friendly UI button makes it easy to edit messages before sending them to the AI. Additionally, the document type and any content selected in the main editor area is automatically passed as context for the conversation, making responses more relevant. General editing improvements bring the ability to highlight document content using predefined colors that are accessible from a toolbar drop-down menu, and the Outline pane is now editable within concurrent editing sessions (previously, it was displayed as read-only). For Git integrations, a new specialized editor was added to enable the editing of plain text. The file comparison tool now supports comparisons of Markdown and other non-XML files and the merge tool now allows users to manage comments and tracked changes with contextual actions. The option to disable or relax the Content Security Policy is now also available. Furthermore, new URL parameters have been introduced to control how excluded content is presented or to enable text and Markdown editing. This release also provides various component updates, bug fixes, and security enhancements. For more information, see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_web_author/whats_new.html ====================================================================== *What's New in Oxygen Publishing Engine 27* *Oxygen Publishing Engine version 27* encompasses the improvements and additions implemented in *Oxygen XML WebHelp* and *Oxygen PDF Chemistry*. This version adds additional customization options for producing WebHelp and PDF output, as well as support for PDF signing. For more information, see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/publishing_engine/whats_new.html ====================================================================== *DITA-OT Day 2025* On the *16th of February, 2025*, Oxygen XML organizes the 9th edition of the *DITA-OT Day conference*, this time in *Copenhagen, Denmark*. This is a full day, in-person event dedicated to the DITA Open Toolkit project, which is the reference DITA implementation and the core of almost all DITA-based publishing solutions (Oxygen Publishing Engine included). Find out more details and registration information at https://www.oxygenxml.com/events/2025/dita-ot_day.html ============================================================================= We hope you will enjoy our latest release of the Oxygen XML suite of products! As always, thank you for your support and don't forget that feedback is welcome! Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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Re: [oXygen-user] [OXYGEN-20165] Custom Refactoring Operations and using XSLT Java extensions
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu) 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Hello Jirka, The framework "Classpath" list is used by Oxygen to load JAR libraries containing custom Author actions, framework Java extensions. So for now we do not use this list of libraries as possible libraries containing Java extension code used for XML refactoring scripts. I added an internal issue for this, pasting the issue ID below for future reference: EXM-54892 XML refactor - allow adding extension functions using framework classpath I think for now in order for the XML refactoring scripts to be able to call the Java code, the JAR library would need to be contributed by a plugin with scope="global": https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/26.1/ug-editor/topics/oxygen-plugin.… Like this plugin for example: https://github.com/oxygenxml/oxygenxml.cgm.support/blob/master/plugin.xml For example you could bundle a plugin with a framework folder inside it and distribute it as an add-on to the end user: https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/26.1/ug-editor/topics/additional-fra… Regards, Radu Radu Coravu Oxygen XML Editor On 10/14/24 18:23, Jirka Kosek wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing Custom Refactoring Operation in XSLT. XSLT code uses Java > library for accessing image metadata. When I run transformation > locally everything works as expected as long as I add corresponding > .jar file as an extension in transformation scenario. > > However when I bundle this transformation as a refactoring operation > inside framework I'm getting the following error message when > operation is invoked "Errors were reported during stylesheet > compilation". I suppose that this is caused by missig .jar file to > which XSLT code makes calls. I've tried to add this .jar into > classpath in "Document Type Associations" on "Classpath" but this > hasn't resolved the problem. > > Where it is possible to register additional .jar files to be used by > refactoring operation implemented in XSLT? > > Many thanks in advance, > > Jirka > > > _______________________________________________ > oXygen-user mailing list > oXygen-user(a)oxygenxml.com > https://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user

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[ANN] Oxygen AI Positron Assistant 4.0 is now available!
by Alin Belu 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Hi everyone, We are proud to announce the release of *Oxygen AI Positron Assistant 4.0*, a powerful tool that helps users increase their productivity by providing support for using AI-generated content within Oxygen tools - Oxygen XML Editor/Author/Developer, Oxygen JSON Editor, Oxygen XML Web Author, and Oxygen Content Fusion. *Version 4.0* enhances the existing AI features and introduces new actions and functionalities, making the assistant even more capable. With version 4.0, the recently implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) optimization process was broadened. In addition to retrieving context information from a project, it can now also *retrieve content* using the Oxygen Feedback search functionality. The *AI Positron Fix* action now also leverages the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) process, leading to more relevant error fixes. *Intelligent Agents* is a newly added category of AI-powered actions that introduces a set of powerful tools designed to streamline DITA XML topic management. These intelligent agents go beyond simple content manipulation, offering advanced capabilities to save files, add references to the DITA map, and access a wide range of functions for contextual understanding and project structure modification. The new actions available in this category include: * *Expand Draft* - Enhances a draft of a DITA XML topic by refining the content, adding markup that is consistent with similar topics, and generating documentation based on the referenced images using Vision support. * *Split Topic* - Splits large topics with numerous subjects into multiple topic files. The newly created topics are also conveniently referenced in the DITA map that is currently open in the DITA Maps Manager. * *Create Topics* - Generates DITA XML topics based upon your input, incorporating relevant project content. It creates a topic hierarchy, assigns DITA document types, and proposes a DITA map location. Topics are then saved and added upon your approval. The *Reuse* category is another addition to the Oxygen AI Positron Assistant, focusing on optimizing content management and consistency within DITA XML workflows. It introduces the following AI-powered actions: * *Component* - Asks the AI to identify the most similar existing reusable component that matches the current selected paragraph. * *Product Name* - Searches for product names in the selected content and replaces them with key references if keys are defined for the particular product names. Developers will benefit from the new *Suggest Refactoring* AI action, which generates suggestions to refactor selected XSLT or XSD code, thus making it easier to understand and maintain. Additionally, the existing *Generate Code* action now produces code that is more relevant to the current editor type (XSL, XQuery, CSS, JSON, XML Schema, or Schematron) by reusing components from the current document. Moreover, information about the document type is now automatically passed to the AI for context in chat sessions, and various new function calls were added that can be referenced within custom actions to offer context information in order to retrieve more relevant answers from the AI. Other improvements include the proper detection of Markdown content containing XML code in the AI's response, allowing for the XML code block to be inserted or previewed. Additionally, document type information is now automatically passed as context for conversations when initiated directly from a new chat with the AI. Various security enhancements have also been implemented. For more information, see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/ai_positron_assistant.html As always, thank you for your support and don't forget that feedback is welcome! Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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Re: [oXygen-user] [OXYGEN-20565] Call for U.S. government agencies who use Oxygen XML Editor
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu) 28 Oct '24

28 Oct '24

Hi Joe, The only list of clients which we can disclose is the list publicly available here: https://www.oxygenxml.com/customers.html I encourage other users on this list to contact you personally if they want to disclose this information. Regards, Radu Radu Coravu Oxygen XML Editor On 10/25/24 21:17, Joe Wicentowski wrote: > Hi all, > > Do anyone know of users of Oxygen XML Editor at U.S. federal > government agencies (other than the State Department, where I work)? > I'm trying to assemble a list of agencies that are using it. > > Thanks! > Joe > > p.s. Apologies for cross-posting! I also sent this to the XML.com > Slack. I'm happy to take the information over whichever channel you > prefer. ;) > > _______________________________________________ > oXygen-user mailing list > oXygen-user(a)oxygenxml.com > https://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user

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Re: [oXygen-user] [OXYGEN-20550] Lorem Ipsum generator add-on?
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu) 26 Oct '24

26 Oct '24

Hi Tony, The Oxygen main menu Help->Support tools->"Randomize XML content" uses an XML refactoring action to do something similar in order to replace text inside an initial set of XML documents with "Lorem ipsum". Regards, Radu Radu Coravu Oxygen XML Editor On 10/25/24 13:07, Tony Graham wrote: > Has anyone made a (publicly available) Lorem Ipsum generator add-on that > can generate and insert a desired amount of Lorem Ipsum-style text > wrapped in a desired paragraph-equivalent element? > > Regards, > > > Tony Graham.

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